PCOS is Not a Four Letter Word with Julie Duffy Dillon, MS, RDN, NCC, CEDRD-S

 

Episode 87 - PCOS is Not a Four Letter Word with Julie Duffy Dillon, MS, RDN, NCC, CEDRD-S

by Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS

In this episode, I am joined by Julie Duffy Dillon, MS, RDN, NCC, CEDRD-S, Registered Dietitian, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Food Behavior Expert partnering with people on their Food Peace Journey. Julie helps fight diet culture through her writing, courses, podcast, private nutrition practice, and by mentoring dietitians and health care workers on weight inclusive practices. Julie is committed to promoting health without the pursuit of weight loss. For the last 20 years she has been helping people heal their relationship with food. As an eating disorder expert, she has worked with all types of eating disorders and partnered with her clients as they walked their path to Food Peace.

SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED:

  • The intersection of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and eating disorders

  • PCOS statistics and the lack of attention to them

  • The misconception that weight is a risk-factor for developing PCOS

  • The harmful effects of ignoring a client’s socioeconomic situation

  • Healing from medical system neglect

  • Julie's podcast “Love, Food”

ABOUT JULIE:

After sobbing in her boss’s office, Julie Dufy Dillon never taught another diet. Once she appreciated the harm from dieting, she couldn’t unsee it. Now she helps people with PCOS confidently tackle health concerns without shame and blame. Julie knows that only together we can change PCOS health care.

Julie Duffy Dillon, MS, RDN, NCC, CEDRD-S is a Registered Dietitian, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Food Behavior Expert partnering with people on their Food Peace Journey. She helps fight diet culture through her writing, courses, podcast, her private nutrition practice, and by mentoring dietitians and health care workers on weight inclusive practices.

Julie is committed to promoting health without the pursuit of weight loss. For the last 20 years she has been helping people heal their relationship with food. As an eating disorder expert, she has worked with all types of eating disorders and partnered with her clients as they walked their path to Food Peace.

Julie’s speaking and media appearances include the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo, the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, the EDRDPro Symposium, and as the featured expert dietitian on TLC's documentary My Big Fat Fabulous Life.

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